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post 1637533143 05-01-2021, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted By janglingjack⏩
Thanks brah, there is just too much choice and the critics and reviews are usually bs so I just quit.

Tell me your favorite fiction book and I'll buy it right now.
Moby-Dick is the GOAT imo but definitely a challenge especially as a first book. It's legit on another level to anything else I've ready with only Blood Meridian approaching it's level.

Free online as it's out of copyright or you can pick up a cheap copy online.https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701

For a first book I'd recommend Animal Farm, available free of copyright now -http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100011h.html

I'd suggest Meditations by Marcus Aurelius as necessary reading for anyone - Also free onlinehttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2680

Also, any Raymond Carver collection for some simple short stories. You can find individual stories online too I think.

If you're just starting out the most important thing is to be patient and do it without distraction srs. That will let you read deeply and get absorbed in the material. Block out 30 mins for it and see how it goes.

We live in a fukin golden age of information, the problem is sifting through all the chit and knowing where to put our most precious resource (time, not money).
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Originally Posted By insidemane⏩
I'll read more when I'm rich. All my time goes into hustling right now. I still read occasionally but I'm not gonna become some book worm because it doesn't bring me monetary gains

6 books a year is a good aim for the average person
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Originally Posted By janglingjack⏩
Thanks brah, there is just too much choice and the critics and reviews are usually bs so I just quit.

Tell me your favorite fiction book and I'll buy it right now.
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post 1637533383 05-01-2021, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted By BeanGainClovis⏩
My job is to write books and articles, but I do not read as much as I should. These days I only read to research for work or acquire new skills.

My favorite thing about books is that you can learn to do basically anything with the right motivation. It's not easy either, really dense non-fiction or educational literature can be really boring and hard to get through. It's like lifting weights for your mind.

I've been meaning to get into more fiction and novels, but it's easier for me to just watch a movie. Sometimes I have to write and edit fiction for work, and that is kind of entertaining. I think years of writing technical chit for work have taught me to think about books as a practical resource instead of a source of joy or entertainment.
Thanks for the input brah. Agreed on the nonfiction aspect. I actually find nonfiction educational textbooks really awesome too. There's something great about their comprehensiveness and lettuce be real tea. The knowledge in most fukking university courses could be taught in a few textbooks.
Originally Posted By insidemane⏩
I'll read more when I'm rich. All my time goes into hustling right now. I still read occasionally but I'm not gonna become some book worm because it doesn't bring me monetary gains

6 books a year is a good aim for the average person
I can respect that brah.
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post 1637533413 05-01-2021, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted By janglingjack⏩
How do you choose a book to read? I hit up amazon but how do you find a good book on there?

Low iq crew
Start with interests and look for best books containing those interests. Ask around to others interested in that genre.
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The heaviest chit you can read is ancient scripture and mystical texts. That chit is pure insanity.
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Originally Posted By TugOfPeace⏩
Part of the problem with me is that my mind has been wired to seek short term satisfaction. I could read something like Harry Potter for a while, but it takes a lot of effort to read something more complex.

I've tried Lords of Finance and the Art of Fascism, and part of the problem with those books is that there's so many words I don't know and just so much in general that I don't know. It's difficult to stay engaged when every page I'm looking up like 4-5 words and trying to understand what they mean.
Fuark I know these feels 100%. You've got to build up to the deep stuff brah. But don't let that demotivate you. Plus if you focus only on dense material eventually it won't seem so dense but the process getting there is a tough one. Legit bodybuilding for the brain.
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post 1637533543 05-01-2021, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted By BeanGainClovis⏩
The heaviest chit you can read is ancient scripture and mystical texts. That chit is pure insanity.
Yeah. It should be required reading for anyone at the minimum to have read the major religious texts imo. Much of the content inside is what our world has been built from. And the wisdom you'll come across is beyond profound.
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post 1637533603 05-01-2021, 03:59 PM
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And how specifically have these books improved your life?
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Fiction is overrated.

I only read practical books, mainly in the self-improvement category (which I'd include Meditations and philosophy).

Relationship books and emotional intelligence books are great too.

How to Tell a Story, etc.



I only read Fiction to understand references.
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Originally Posted By BeanGainClovis⏩
Education is how you make a lot of money, books can teach you how to make a lot of money or do just about anything else. Dead srs, knowledge is power.
Not knocking books brah and I agree with you, there are some good business books. Even reading biographies can beneifcial
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Originally Posted By LoLBrah69⏩
Fiction is overrated.
Not sherrif srs. We are a storytelling race brah. That's legit how wisdom was passed down through the ages.
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Originally Posted By overtrainbrah⏩
Moby-Dick is the GOAT imo but definitely a challenge especially as a first book. It's legit on another level to anything else I've ready with only Blood Meridian approaching it's level.

Free online as it's out of copyright or you can pick up a cheap copy online.
Alright I'm gonna read Moby Dick just because it's brutal and supposed to be really good, I'm gonna try and get back into reading fiction. I had to read Animal Farm in school and it just felt like your standard anti-Soviet propaganda from the Cold War era.

I think the metaphor really falls apart when it's built on the premise that working people are subhuman animals. Are Czars/royalty/billionaires the only real human beings, and we working people are just lesser species on their animal farm? The whole concept is an insult, and it's a contradiction coming from an English citizen who preferred his English democracy over totalitarian rule.

Not saying it's not well-written, it's just an oversimplification of history and civilization.
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Originally Posted By overtrainbrah⏩
Moby-Dick is the GOAT imo but definitely a challenge especially as a first book. It's legit on another level to anything else I've ready with only Blood Meridian approaching it's level.

Free online as it's out of copyright or you can pick up a cheap copy online.https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701

For a first book I'd recommend Animal Farm, available free of copyright now -http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100011h.html

I'd suggest Meditations by Marcus Aurelius as necessary reading for anyone - Also free onlinehttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2680

Also, any Raymond Carver collection for some simple short stories. You can find individual stories online too I think.

If you're just starting out the most important thing is to be patient and do it without distraction srs. That will let you read deeply and get absorbed in the material. Block out 30 mins for it and see how it goes.

We live in a fukin golden age of information, the problem is sifting through all the chit and knowing where to put our most precious resource (time, not money).
Thanks breh, will start with Meditations, sounds interesting and is pretty short so seems like a good place to start.
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1 book a week? Try 3 books every day. Modern technologies allow for that.
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Originally Posted By janglingjack⏩
How do you choose a book to read? I hit up amazon but how do you find a good book on there?

Low iq crew
Most major libraries have ebooks you can check out for free and read on your kindle now.

Lots of book recommendations lists for various genres on there as well. That’s a good way to get started.
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Originally Posted By TugOfPeace⏩
Part of the problem with me is that my mind has been wired to seek short term satisfaction. I could read something like Harry Potter for a while, but it takes a lot of effort to read something more complex.

I've tried Lords of Finance and the Art of Fascism, and part of the problem with those books is that there's so many words I don't know and just so much in general that I don't know. It's difficult to stay engaged when every page I'm looking up like 4-5 words and trying to understand what they mean.
I’d recommend getting a 500 word flash card set for the GRE and work your way through those. It will boost your vocabulary.
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Originally Posted By MuscleXtreme⏩
Most major libraries have ebooks you can check out for free and read on your kindle now.

Lots of book recommendations lists for various genres on there as well. That’s a good way to get started.
Can confirm. We have lists of Top awarded books behind the desk and we're always happy to help you find a new book or genre. Just gotta walk up and ask us
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Originally Posted By ymer⏩
Why don't you tell us some good examples *******?

I went to the bookstore a few weeks ago and 90% of the books were a bunch of self help and stupid bull**** books.
You like fiction?

The Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz is awesome.

The Jack Reacher series by Lee Child is also good.
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Eh, I read books mainly just to limit my screen time, but if I’m being honest, you could also watch a documentary or a movie and get the same information/entertainment. Idk if there is really some mystical aspect that makes reading books > other forms of media
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These are some writers I recommend to people who want to read “serious writing” but don’t read a lot.

Kurt Vonnegut, Raymond Chandler (GOAT private eye writer), George Orwell, William Gibson (a bit hard to follow but if you like cyberpunk pretty good), F Scott Fitzgerald, Paul Auster, Phillip K Dick, Hemingway, Haruki Murakami, John Updike (He wrote a lot of uneven stuff so stick to the prize winners like Rabbit Run), Kazuo Ishiguro.

As another poster mentioned, Raymond Carver is one of the GOAT short story writers. Easy to read but a lot of depth when you reread over and over. Insanely skilled.

If you want to read the 1800s realist stuff IMO Balzac is a good intro because there’s typically lots of action and he wrote some shorter books. But pick from his “best of” lists because he wrote a lot and some of it isn’t very good. Pere Goriot is great.
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Originally Posted By MetroBrah⏩
Eh, I read books mainly just to limit my screen time, but if I’m being honest, you could also watch a documentary or a movie and get the same information/entertainment. Idk if there is really some mystical aspect that makes reading books > other forms of media
I think reading helps to build will power, discipline, strengthens memory, and strengthens intuition.

It’s basically the squat for your mind.

Sure you can get the information via other methods, but they’re usually lacking in one of the mental faculties. Similar to just doing leg press or smith machine squats. Will you get gains? Definitely. Will they be as efficient as squats (reading)? No.
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Why would I get into the mind of a smart or borderline genius individual when I can be in the mind of hundreds of miscers
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Originally Posted By overtrainbrah⏩
Start improving yourselves *******s.
Just FUKKING LOL @ NoBookcels crew.
what if i told you there are other forms of media that can convey useful information for self improvement, and it doesnt necessarily have to be a book?
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Originally Posted By lnvictus⏩
I used to brah. Now I'm overwhelmed..when I start a book I have 100 other books that grab my interest and I find myself abandonning the one I'm reading since it's taking too long to finish. What do?
Get off all social media. Srs.
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Originally Posted By MetroBrah⏩
Eh, I read books mainly just to limit my screen time, but if I’m being honest, you could also watch a documentary or a movie and get the same information/entertainment. Idk if there is really some mystical aspect that makes reading books > other forms of media
Yeah honestly I’m a big reader but I think people on the internet over-exaggerate the amount a person should read and the benefits. Not everyone wants to read Dostoyevsky, that’s fine.

But one thing books have over a lot of other media is the direct communication from the author to the reader. You can’t always see a film exactly the way the director intended (sound, picture etc isn’t going to quite be right). You might have to travel across the world to see an amazing painting for like 2 mins in a crowded gallery. But I can go down to a used bookstore and get one of the best novels ever written, in exactly the same form it was originally published, for like 6 bucks. Which is pretty sick.
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Originally Posted By MuscleXtreme⏩
I think reading helps to build will power, discipline, strengthens memory, and strengthens intuition.

It’s basically the squat for your mind.

Sure you can get the information via other methods, but they’re usually lacking in one of the mental faculties. Similar to just doing leg press or smith machine squats. Will you get gains? Definitely. Will they be as efficient as squats (reading)? No.
Fukin repped. Some good discussion going on in this thread brahs.
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Originally Posted By BeanGainClovis⏩
Alright I'm gonna read Moby Dick just because it's brutal and supposed to be really good, I'm gonna try and get back into reading fiction. I had to read Animal Farm in school and it just felt like your standard anti-Soviet propaganda from the Cold War era.

I think the metaphor really falls apart when it's built on the premise that working people are subhuman animals. Are Czars/royalty/billionaires the only real human beings, and we working people are just lesser species on their animal farm? The whole concept is an insult, and it's a contradiction coming from an English citizen who preferred his English democracy over totalitarian rule.

Not saying it's not well-written, it's just an oversimplification of history and civilization.
Good points brah. Even though it's a parable on the Russian Revolution I actually don't focus on it through that lens much. To me it's more about power, control, and manipulation of the plebs. Plus the story it great and it's well written. Really gives a sense of place.
Originally Posted By ymer⏩
Why don't you tell us some good examples *******?

I went to the bookstore a few weeks ago and 90% of the books were a bunch of self help and stupid bull**** books.
See post #34 brah.
Originally Posted By 4free⏩
These are some writers I recommend to people who want to read “serious writing” but don’t read a lot.

Kurt Vonnegut, Raymond Chandler (GOAT private eye writer), George Orwell, William Gibson (a bit hard to follow but if you like cyberpunk pretty good), F Scott Fitzgerald, Paul Auster, Phillip K Dick, Hemingway, Haruki Murakami, John Updike (He wrote a lot of uneven stuff so stick to the prize winners like Rabbit Run), Kazuo Ishiguro.

As another poster mentioned, Raymond Carver is one of the GOAT short story writers. Easy to read but a lot of depth when you reread over and over. Insanely skilled.

If you want to read the 1800s realist stuff IMO Balzac is a good intro because there’s typically lots of action and he wrote some shorter books. But pick from his “best of” lists because he wrote a lot and some of it isn’t very good. Pere Goriot is great.
Solid recommendations bro. Repped.
Originally Posted By Droopdx⏩
Why would I get into the mind of a smart or borderline genius individual when I can be in the mind of hundreds of miscers
5D level chess thinking brah. Mirin.
Originally Posted By 4ea⏩
what if i told you there are other forms of media that can convey useful information for self improvement, and it doesnt necessarily have to be a book?
Agreed 100%. Mind recommending some of your favourites brah?
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Get off all social media. Srs.
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